Dec
16
Adventureblog Gallery: Siriusly
Filed Under jungle, mermaids, pirates, queen la, tarzan
Action Girl Pulp of the Day
Mermaid vs. Pirate
Greatest painting ever. Found at Never Sea Land, naturally.
Queen La
By Roy G. Krenkel.
Archive for the ‘tarzan’ Category
Dec
4
One Action Girl and a couple of runners up
Filed Under jungle, queen la, space girls, tarzan
Empire of Jegga
La
By J Allen St. John.
La’s single-minded obsession with having sex with Tarzan disqualifies her as an Action Girl, but I have a nostalgic soft-spot for her. She’s beautiful, cunning, deadly, and she lives in a lost jungle city. And it’s been a while since I’ve read those stories, but isn’t her lust for Tarzan born out of her desire to continue her race? If true, that makes her more noble than just a hot chick who’s tired of fighting off beast-men who want to mate with her.
Rulah the Jungle Goddess
Here’s another one who’s more cheesecake than adventure, but it’s nice cheesecake. The Comic Book Catacombs has three Rulah stories:
“The Secret of the Leathermen” (Part One. Part Two.)
“The Stalking Death” (Part One. Part Two.)
“Devil Ladies” (Part One. Part Two.)
Nov
15
Jungle Girls and Giant Monsters
Filed Under dinosaurs, femme noir, giant monsters, jungle, tarzan, the phantom, xenozoic tales
Who Knew Tarzan Lived in California?
I got an email from Danielle, who runs the way cool Who Knew Tarzan Lived in California blog. There are a lot more Tarzan-California connections than you’d think and Danielle’s exploring them all.
Jungle Fables
The Comic Book Catacombs has a short, Golden Age jungle girl story up. Fair warning: it’s from 1948 and racial depictions are typical of that era.
Femme Noir meets Okona the Jungle Girl
Writer Christopher Mills reveals that Femme Noir #4 will feature a jungle girl character and an island full of giant monsters. Everyone else can stop making comics now. Chris wins.
The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks
Okay, obviously I was just kidding with that “no more comics” crack. There’s always room for more awesome. Like Moonstone’s Phantom comics, which are soon rebooting. According to the press release I got, they’re leaning towards “edgier stories” that are “torn from today’s headlines of modern day Africa.” I’m not sure that’s the direction I’m most interested in, but I loves me some Phantom, so I’ll give it a shot.
They also promise “new issues more often,” which will also be nice.
The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks #1 will be written by David Michelinie and Mike Bullock, illustrated by Silvestre Szilagyi, and will have a variant cover by legendary Phantom artist Sy Barry.
“Blitzkrieg in the Past”
Xenozoic Tales print by Mark Schultz
Flesk Publications has an awesome print of Jack and Hannah in their car fighting a horde of dinosaurs. 18″ x 24″ for $19.95.
One step closer to Jurassic Park
Making live clones from dead animals is now possible.
Sep
15
Jungle News: Jungle Girl 2 and a sucky new Tarzan flick
Jungle Girl 2
Of the three recent jungle girl revival comics that have been tried, Dynamite’s Jungle Girl is the only one that I liked. Marvel’s first Shanna the She-Devil series was pretty good, but overly gory and serious. The sequel improved on that some, but the art wasn’t at all attractive. Devil’s Due’s Sheena comic didn’t get that a jungle girl comic ought to be about a jungle girl. The first issue was boring, so I didn’t go back for a second.
So, I’m excited that Dynamite’s got a new Jungle Girl mini-series coming out. Calling it “Season Two” is misleading though. The first mini-series was only six issues long; hardly a “season.” I barely understand the concept of comic book “seasons,” but it seems to me that if you’re going for a TV comparison, a season ought to include more than a single story arc.
Dynamite’s publisher Nick Barrucci says that the new story will continue to feature the high adventure and comedy that made the first one successful, but will spin off into Lovecraftian horror as well. I’m all for mixing genres, so consider me intrigued.
Why the new Tarzan movie will suck
Stephen Sommers is directing it. That’s not at all a fair trade-off for Guillermo del Toro.
Sommers is approaching the movie from a completely new direction instead of adapting a book, and I’m okay with that. I don’t need to see yet another version of Jane’s discovering Tarzan for the first time. What I’m not okay with is knowing that Sommers will use the cheapest CGI possible in lieu of actual animals or stunt people. I’m so disappointed.
Sep
1
Happy Tarzan Day!
I almost missed that today’s Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ birthday. He would’ve been 133.
Jun
4
Adventureblog Gallery: Tarzan vs. Dinosaurs Edition
Filed Under dinosaurs, jungle, tarzan
J. Allen St. John
Frank Frazetta
All of these and more are from Golden Age Comic Book Stories.
May
5
Adventureblog Gallery: More Indy and Superheroes (and some dinosaurs)
Filed Under alpha flight, black canary, dinosaurs, indiana jones, she-hulk, spider-man, superheroes, tarzan
Black Canary
By Andie Tong.
Marvel superheroes
By Otis Frampton.
Indiana Jones
By Eric Tan.
Dinosaur fight!
By Mark Schultz.
Spider-Tarzan
Via.
Mar
24
Art of the Day: TV Super Heroes, Tarzan vs. a pterodactyl, and TMNT
Filed Under batman, dinosaurs, shazam, superman, tarzan, teenage mutant ninja turtles, wonder woman
TV Super Heroes
By Alex Ross.
Tarzan vs. a pterodactyl
By Frank Frazetta.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
By Dub.
Feb
20
The Awesome List: Tarzan comics, Atomic Robo, Cloverfield and Indiana Jones toys
Filed Under atomic robo, cloverfield, indiana jones, jungle, tarzan
Free Tarzan comics
The Jesse Marsh site has tons of free Jesse Marsh Tarzan comics archived for your browsing and reading pleasure.
Atomic Robo rules
There’s a double-meaning in that title. Yes, Atomic Robo does indeed rule. And the reason is because its creators have set some rules for themselves. Rules of Awesomeness, that is.
Cloverfield toy
This is old news now, but in case you haven’t seen it, Hasbro’s released a picture of its Cloverfield monster toy. I’m still scratching my head over the price tag.
Indy toys
Speaking of Hasbro, they’ve also revealed a lot of new Indiana Jones stuff. They’ve got little action figures, big action figures, classic action figures, miniature figures, Mighty Muggs, playsets and vehicles, die-cast vehicles, and lots lots more.
It’s a bad time to be an Indy fan if you’re broke.
Feb
7
The Awesome List: Land of the Lost movie, Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure, A Life of Ravens, Doctor Who, Black Canary/Zatanna, and The Somnambulist
Filed Under black canary, bond, dinosaurs, doctor who, fantasy, land of the lost, pirates, somnambulist, tarzan, vikings, zatanna
A love for Marshall?
I was already nervous enough about the Land of the Lost movie being a Will Ferrell comedy. Now comes news that his love interest has been cast.
Love interest? I’m not saying that the movie is Ruined or that it has to be about a single dad and his two kids in order to be good. Just saying that they’re making me nervous. As long as they have dinosaurs and Sleestaks and monkey-people though, and as long as the comedy’s not all slapstick, we should all be okay.
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure indeed.
The Double O Section blog has a great write-up about one of my favorite Sean Connery movies, Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure. I haven’t seen it since catching it on late night TV about 15 years ago, but I remember how cool it was watching James Bond try to kill Tarzan. I totally agree with the Double O guys that it’s a shame this hasn’t been released to DVD yet.
Win A Life of Ravens
Alex Ness, my co-writer on Jesse James vs. Machine Gun Kelly, has written a book of epic poetry filled with Vikings and ravens and other cool stuff. He’s also got some amazing artists like Mike Grell and my Kill All Monsters! cohort Jason Copland to illustrate it. And he’s giving away two copies (one for the winner; one for a library of the winner’s choosing) in a contest here (scroll to the bottom for the very simple rules). It’s a gorgeous book and you’ve got nothing to lose, so show the guy some love.
It’s Official…
Pirates — as a fad — are dead.
Doctor Who Season 4
The SciFi Channel will start showing Doctor Who Season Four in April. Also coming around the same time: The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Black Canary/Zatanna
Pop Culture Addict has an interview with Paul Dini in which Dini spills some details about his upcoming Black Canary/Zatanna hardcover graphic novel: “In discussing Zatanna’s history with Alex Ross, he maintains that Zee, especially in the early days of the JLA, was kind of a ‘kid sister’ to some of the other members. I liked that, so I established that Zatanna’s a couple of years younger than Black Canary and that Dinah’s a bit of a mentor to her.”
It’s a fun conversation and includes Dini’s wife Misty Lee.
The Somnambulist
I’m hearing a lot about Jonathan Barnes’ The Somnambulist lately. First it showed up in this list from Borders in the company of some of my other favorite books (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Neverwhere) and ones already on my reading list (The Prestige, Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell). So… interesting by association. Rod Lott’s recommendation pushed me over the edge with words like “milk-guzzling golem,” “human fly,” “serial killer,” “albino,” and “guy who claims to live time backwards.”
